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Saturday, May 24, 2008

Rainy Day Pictures

Between the cool rainy weather, the lingering virus, my new job and neighborhood volunteer work, I've not had as much time outside this spring as I would like, nor have I had as much time or energy for blogging. I was able to get a little accomplished yesterday. Now that the perennials are getting larger, I needed to move some things around. I'm really glad for the cooler rainy day we had today, it was perfect weather for those stressed plants that were moved.

I finally got a few more container plantings finished. This one is on the front porch. (I really need to repaint these planters; that may be a project for this fall.) I used Anna's container soil recipe. Hopefully my containers will be healthier this year.

This container of superbells and trailing vinca is on the front porch railing.

I went out for a few minutes this evening, it has been raining off and on all day and was still sprinkling as I walked around with my camera. I love to take pictures in the early morning or evening after a rain.

The 'Raspberry Surprise' dianthus is blooming.

An allium bud.

The colors are so much richer when you take pictures on a cloudy day or in the evening.

Several clematis plants are blooming now. I didn't prune back the clematis on the mailbox last fall. It has more blooms, but it isn't as pretty this year.

I finally have foxglove! I grew these from seed last year and am finally seeing the results of the labor. Out of the hundreds of plants that germinated only three of the plants survived this long.

sorry to hear your not feeling well, you really have a gift for photography I wanted to share a web site with you, it is sialis.org it has lots of great info about bluebirds and how to protect them from house sparrows which will attack and kill them and their young.It also tells how to attract bluebirds, what type of plants to have on your garden attract birds etc.

I too love rainy, cloudy days! I love the light for photos as long as it does not get too dark!Surprise is stunning.There is always, "too much to do and not enough time to do it all." OH well I figure it will be here tomorrow! Your flowers are very pretty.Happy Memorial Day!Sherry

Everything looks fantastic and I hope my recipe doesn't let you down. I too like taking photos with droplets of water hanging off the plant parts. I'm headed out now to finish up some planting and tidy up a bit. We're having big bash today and having a bean bag tossing contest. I'll be taking photos- so stay tuned. Hope you get to feeling better.Warm and healing hugs from the South. Happy Memorial Day Back at cha! Oh---I can't keep my feeder full. They eat it all up in about a half day!!!

Hi Robin!Garden pictures is much better in rain than in sun. It rains a lot here in Sweden in th summer, but no we hade several weeks with now rain, it begins to dry out in the garden, not so good.I have not take so much pictures now when it so sunny.You have taken beautiful pictures on you garden flowers.Have a nice weekend Ken

Robin, I'm sorry you are still a tad under the weather and, as well, are so busy with the other venues of life that you haven't had much time to garden nor post much from Robin's Nesting Place. I loved your rainy evening pictures of your lovely growing things. Take care!

Hi RobinThanks for the nice comment on my blog! I really enjoy looking at your pictures and have wondered what sort of camera you use to get such great bird close ups? We have bluebirds that frequent our yard and I love them so much and would love to capture them on film.Sarah (sewbuttons.wordpress.com)

Thank you all for stopping by Robin's Nesting Place and taking the time to leave your wonderful comments. Thankfully, I am starting to feel much better. Especially since I had some time for gardening last night and tonight. That always makes me feel better.

About Me

Welcome to Robin's Nesting Place, where I share things related to my home, garden, and photography. I also love being thrifty and repurposing junk!
I am Robin! I have been married for 32 years to my best friend. I have two children, a daughter and son. I was incredibly blessed to be home with them throughout their childhood and homeschool them.
Now that they are out of the nest, I'm enjoying my job at a vendor mall where I get to work around some very creative people! I also have a small vendor space where I sell my photography cards and whatever else strikes my fancy!
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